Charlie Parsons (footballer)

Charlie Parsons
Personal information
Full name Charles Berry Parsons
Date of birth (1903-08-24)24 August 1903
Place of birth Numurkah, Victoria
Date of death 12 July 1965(1965-07-12) (aged 61)
Place of death Warracknabeal, Victoria
Original team(s) Warracknabeal
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–1930 Carlton 33 (0)
1931–1934 Sturt 65 (7)
1935 Claremont 3 (2)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 8
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Berry Parsons (24 August 1903 – 12 July 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Edward Charles Parsons (1870–1938),[2] and Clarissa Helen Wright (1871–1946), née Wright,[3][4] Charles Berry Parsons was born at Numurkah, Victoria on 24 August 1903.

He married Maude Florence Lydia Bartell (1910–1997) at Perth on 5 October 1935.[5]

Football

Renowned for his skill and his scrupulous fairness, he played at the highest level of Australian Rules football in three States — with Carlton in the VFL, with Sturt in the SANFL, and with Claremont in the WANFL — and, also, represented both the VFL and the SANFL in representative matches.[6][7]

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF in 1940, and had reached the rank of Lieutenant at the time of his discharge in 1945.

Death

He died (suddenly) at his home at Warracknabeal, Victoria on 12 July 1965.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby& Main (2009), p.650.
  2. ^ Deaths: Parsons, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 December 1938), p.12.
  3. ^ Marriage: Parsons—Wright, The Numurkah Leader, (Friday, 6 April 1900), p.4.
  4. ^ Deaths: Parsons, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 June 1946), p.23.
  5. ^ The Social Round, The (Perth) Daily News, (Friday, 4 October 1935), p.11.
  6. ^ Football: V.F.L. v. Bendigo, The Age, (Thursday, May 1929), p.5.
  7. ^ The Teams, The Age, (Friday, 14 August 1931), p.12.
  8. ^ Deaths: Parsons, The Age, (Tuesday, 13 July 1965), p.17.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • To Play for Carlton, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 April 1929), p.70.
  • Famous Player to Coach Warracknabeal, The Horsham Times, (Friday, 26 April 1946), p.8.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Charles Berry Parsons (VX24730), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX24730: World War Two Service Record: Lieutenant Charles Berry Parsons (VX24730), National Archives of Australia.


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